"I want to have a smart team on the field," Rodriguez said. "I want them to think. There's no question we have a lot of talent on the team, but they're also young and inexperienced. Because they're young doesn't mean we have to allow or look the other way when they make mistakes.

"What we want is for them to use their heads. We can work. We can tell them. We can fix things. Bottom line, when they're [between] the lines we can't think for them. It's up to them, and that has to start here in spring training."